Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-02-27
RAILROAD BILLS.
SOME THAT PASSED Tbs NOR "a CARR
LIMA n0Uss YESTERDAY.
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Especial telegram 10 the Dispatch.l
RALEIGH, n. c., February 26.-In
the Senate bill supplementary to the
hill regulating freights was introduced.
Senator Bryan, OF Duplin, speaking to
the question of personal privilege, Sc
verely criticised DR.. Eugene Grissom,
superintendent of the Insane Asylum
here.
In the House Mr.. York presented a
hill making an appropriation for the
penitentiary. 1t appropriates $1,000
Tor each of the next two years, or Sl9,-
0cO more than the present appropria-
ton. 1t is only for the support of the
penitentiary, as the committee struck
out the iIoms of $25, 900 for the com
pletion o. the Governors mansion, the
purchase of farm, and the completion
of the buildings in the pententiary-
grounds. The increase on the amount OF
appropriation is made necessary by the
great number Of convicts granted for
the works of public improvement. York
says the bill will pass as presented.
The railway incorporation bills passed
the House to-day as follows Asheville
and Greenville, Asheviile and Tennes-
see, Salem, Winston and Dan River,
Murfreesboro', Albemsrle and Pantego,
Central and Northwestern, Kinston and
Snowfall, Harnett County and fadkln.
Up to tonight 1871 bills have been
introduced in the House and IN the
Senate S34.
AMBUsHED BY MooNsHISERs.
Moonshiners ambushed Deputy Rev
enue-C Collector Alpheus Wood, in Jones
county, and shot at him. Just as the
man fired companion of Woods hap
pened to see the assassin and fired at
him. This diverted the aim OF the as
sassin, and the load from the shotgun
tore away Woods coat-sleeve. He es'
capped injury.
Governor Scales's private secretary
to-day received telegram from Colds
boro', asking a respite for Henry Arts,
who is to be hanged next Tuesday. Gov
erpor Scales was telegraphed to at
Philadelphia. The private secretary
learned that he had left that city and
would be here tonight. He will pro-
baby respite Arts Monday morning
until he can look into the matter.
THE MYSTERY OF A MURDER.
Last month, in Edgecombe county,
a man named Harrison killed Horace
Knight. He has disappeared as com
pletely as Walter Bingham. He re-
NAMED for some days in that section,
in correspondence with his friends, but
finally fled. There are now four muir
derers thus at large-Dr. Powell OF
Nash county, Harrison of Edgecombe,
Walter Bingham of Alamance, and
Frank Broadfoot Of Wake. Practically,
no effort has ever been made to catch
either Powell or BrOadfOot.
THE DIGGs CASE.
It was first learned here that Nome
Diggs, the white man on trial Mt Mon
roe for killing Sunday Cash (coloredl,
was sentenced to be hanged, after con-
viction of murder. 1t is since learned
by the penitentiary authorities that he
was convicted of manslaughter only,
and has been sentenced to twenty years
in the penitentiary at hard labor.
AN IMPORTANT RESOLUTION.
Last night the House adopted reso-
luton which will have an important
bearing. 1t is as follows
"That before any county, city, town,
or other municipal corporation can con-
tract any debt, pledge its faith or loan
its credit, or authorize the levy or col
lection of any tax except for ordinary
expenses, it must be sanctioned by a
majority of all the qualified voters
| thereof.
THE STATE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.
The bill to establish this school was
taken up last night in the House at a
late hour and discussed. Finally it was
postponed until next Tuesday, when
THE UNIVERSITY BILLS
are to be taken up as special orders.
One of these bills repeats the actof the
last Legislature giving the University
| Sl5, 0OO yearly the other repeats the
oct giving each county a free scholar
ship. Yet another bill, increasing the
number of such free scholarships to
three for each county, may be taken
up at the same time. The University
appears to have a good many enemies,
unfortunately, and is making an earnest
fight against them.
A CoTToN-FACToRY FOR RALEIGH.
Plans are on foot to have Edward At
kinson, of Boston, come here and de-
liver n lecture ON industrial matters,
and particularly on cotton manufac
turing, with view to the erection of @
large factory here in this city.